Hello everyone, I hope your having fun during the holidays. This is a sad time of year for some people. I am making today’s post non business related, on the count of good people being robbed of their hard earned money. Scam artists prosper during the holidays. They offer deals that are too good to be true. Scam artists make innocent victims their prey all the time. Don’t chance your money for a good deal you are not sure about. There is a new kind of scam going on; reports say it hit an average of 100 people a day through the month of December this year! It’s a new car scam. These scumbags offer great deals for brand new cars they don’t even have. So the victim thinks they are getting a brand new car for a great deal; only to find they have been robbed of tens of thousands of dollars. New car scams are the new rage for scam artists. Sadly, this scam seems to be ripping thousands of people off.

These scams usually have advertisements that aren’t spelled very well. The advertiser obviously can’t create proper sentences. This is one sure way to pick out these con-men, as they are usually from another country, so their english is not good. They usually don’t have a phone number or working phone number. Scam advertisements will include things like ” year of registration 2007“. This should put up a red flag up right away. If the car is new, it wouldn’t be registered yet, so it wouldn’t have a year of registration yet.

They will also list miss-spelled words like “Body Colour”, instead of Body Color. This is another popular phrase used, ” accesories fitted”; Climate control, power brakes. The scam artists will get a picture of a new car. Then they will go to DMV, carfax, or some other similar car check system online, to retrieve a similar cars information (this is suspected). Then they will copy all that cars information (including a legit VIN and mileage) into their advertisement. So if the person buying looks into a background of that car, they will see the car is real. These scam artists have really gone all out, to make people believe they are getting a really good deal.

They usually advertise that there is a surplus at a foreign car manufacturing plant. The scam artists used to advertise really expensive cars that are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, you can buy for just 30k-50k. But now they have moved onto more realistic scams and offer average, everyday, brand new cars, for just under average prices. It just sounds like a really good deal, so people have been falling for it a lot recently. Just keep in mind, if it is too good too be true, it is, walk away and shop elsewhere.

They even answer your email questions almost immediatly. But they reply with things like; the car is overseas at the manufacturer plant right now, if you give us a payment we will send it ASAP. This is the part that usually lures innocent victims in– You are told that you will be paying a shipping company and they will only release the money to the seller, after you see the car and approve it. Then, the “so called” car manufacturer plant includes a website to the “so called” shipping company you will be sending your money to. After you tranfer the funds to the shipping company, the shipping company never returns your emails and their website even goes offline. So lookout and beware of these types of advertisements.

Do some background research to see if the company advertising even exists or has a history of car sales. Run away if something sounds fishy or too good to believe. I can’t believe people are falling for this, but the reports show over 50 people a day are robbed by this scam in the past year. Over 100 people a day were robbed during the holiday season this year. Buying a car is a huge investment. Some people that buy new cars, can barely afford them as it is. I am informing you all, because this scam needs to be known so it can be stopped.

Thanks for reading my daily blog everyone. See you tomorrow.

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com